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June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System

By |2025-05-30T06:00:00-04:00May 30th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 Min Read June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System Two views of the planet Uranus appear side-by-side for comparison. At the top, left corner of the left image is a two-line label. The top line reads Uranus November 9, 2014. The bottoms line reads HST WFC3/UVIS. At the top, left corner [...]

Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork!

By |2025-05-29T21:44:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!

By |2025-05-29T21:23:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [...]

NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’  

By |2025-05-29T16:17:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Boost Treadmills cofounder Sean Whalen runs on the Boost 2. The treadmill uses air pressure to counter gravity, making running possible for people with injuries and other conditions.Credit: Boost Treadmills LLC The antigravity treadmill, which has benefits in space and on Earth, was pioneered [...]

45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group

By |2025-05-29T16:07:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Nearly all of NASA’s ninth class of astronaut candidates, along with two European trainees, poses for photos in the briefing room in the public affairs facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 7, 1980. Group 9 was announced on May 29, 1980; the candidates would go on to make history in [...]

NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain

By |2025-05-29T15:08:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions. To support this, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is pursuing [...]

Crew Works on Spacesuits, Life Support as Human Research Continues

By |2025-05-29T12:26:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers replaces components on an experimental carbon dioxide removal device, called the Thermal Amine Scrubber. The advanced life support mechanism is testing a new method that removes carbon dioxide from the station’s atmosphere and recovers water for oxygen generation.NASA Spacesuit and life support maintenance were the main focus on Thursday while the [...]

Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations

By |2025-05-29T11:45:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Teams responsible for preparing and launching Artemis II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set to begin a series of integrated tests to get ready for the mission. With the upper stage of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) integrated with other elements of the rocket, engineers are set to start the [...]

NASA’s MAVEN Makes First Observation of Atmospheric Sputtering at Mars

By |2025-05-29T11:00:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution) mission has, for the first time, reported a direct observation of an elusive atmospheric escape process called sputtering that could help answer longstanding questions about the history of water loss on Mars. Scientists have known for a long time, through an abundance of evidence, [...]

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